Friday, April 12, 2013

New releases are up on the Forge World site. Basically the items we saw for sale last weekend at the Forge World Open Day. More juicy Horus Heresy Goodness.

Legion Mk IV Destroyer Squad

Considered dishonourable by some Legions, who eschew them
altogether or make little use of them, the arsenal of a Destroyer squad
includes rad-weapons, bio-alchem munitions and the crawling horror of
phosphex. These hellish devices, which irrevocably taint the ground upon
which they are used, have been forbidden by the Emperor’s own edict,
and with good reason. For during the long nightmare of the Age of
Strife, many life-sustaining colony worlds were rendered barren by their
use, becoming uninhabitable charnel houses where once these verdant
planets held thriving civilisations.

It is little wonder therefore that those who wield these potent weapons
of destruction are heavily protected from their effects – the
fire-blackened and chem-scalded Destroyers being clad in modified and
reinforced suits of power armour, essential to withstand the pernicious
rad-taint of their own weaponry. Often shunned and distrusted by their
Legion brothers, the Destroyers are deemed a necessary evil at best
during these violent times, yet none can deny the potency of their
relic-weapons.

Models designed by Will Hayes,
the Legion MKIV Destroyer Squad contains a set of five multi-part resin
models with five pairs of Tigrus pattern bolt pistols, as well as three
phosphex bombs and an optional rad-missile launcher.. Available to
pre-order now for despatch from the 3rd of May.

Legion Rapier Graviton Cannon

The Rapier armoured carrier is a semi-automated weapons
carriage, equipped with on-board targeting systems and powerful
generators. It is designed to mount support weaponry too large and
cumbersome for even the superhuman strength of a Space Marine to carry,
and the Rapier’s relatively small size makes it an ideal support weapon
both in attack and defence.

The Graviton Cannon is one of a
group of gravity projection devices. The Power of the Graviton Cannon is
sufficiant to rupture organs and crack bones even inside armour, but
it's primary use is to impede the enemy and damage machinery without the
risk of seconday explosions.

The Rapier Armoured Carrier is an ancient device, one
of many such technological relics of the dawning days of Mankind’s
stellar empire. A bulky, armoured track unit, which mounts a powerful
antomantic reactor. One of the carriages common armaments is the Quad
Heavy Bolter, able to lay down a withering hail of fire.

Realm of Battle Board - Crashed Thunderhawk

The Realm of Battle Crashed Thunderhawk makes for a
particularly impressive centrepiece; the mightiest of Space Marine
flyers brought low, shattered and hurling into the ground. Blake Spence
has painstakingly designed the internal mechanics of this mighty
gunship after inflicting terrible impact damage upon its hull; revealing
the intricate airframe that underpins the Thunderhawk's imposing
structure.

This detailed new scenery tile measures 2’ x 2’
(609mm x 609mm) and is available to pre-order now for despatch from
Friday 3rd May.

I hope Forge World releases more Realm of Battle boards. I can see some interesting ones coming. Destroyer Land Raiders, Bunkers, etc.